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Running Time: 62 minutes
Website: www.ayquefunny.com
BIOGRAPHIES
JESENIA BAILEY (creator, director, performer) is a Nuyorican, Bronx native
Comedienne/Actress/Writer/Performer/Director/Producer. Bailey has performer stand-up
comedy at various clubs throughout New York City, including the Laugh Factory & Caroline?s
Comedy Club. Since 2000, she has been acting in theater and film, performing both comedic
and dramatic roles. In 2006, she cast in the inspirational feature film Gang Girl, in which she
played a 16 year-old Bronx gang member trying to find her way out of gang life. In the film, The
Big Wes, she was able to flex her comedic acting abilities by playing two very different roles.
CRYSTAL ROMAN (creator, director, performer) was born into an artistic family, her great
grandfather was a musician in the Duke Ellington band, and her uncle has played with Latin
music legends the likes of the late Tito Puente, Santana, and Mark Anthony. After graduating
from the College of Staten Island with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and Management with a
minor in Socialogy, Roman played the lead role in the film, A Weapon Most Unusual (New York
International Film Festival award-winning). She recently completed production on the film,
Tangle Eye Blues with Moonshine Films and is the current spokesperson for Mono Machines. In
2009, Roman wrote the play Black Latina about the lives of dark-skinned Latinas and African
American Latinas, which she produced by her company, Shaniece Entertainment. She is
adapting the play into a feature film.
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